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Descriptor English: Mink
Descriptor Spanish: Visón
Descriptor visón
Entry term(s) Mustela lutreola
Mustela macrodon
Mustela vison
visón americano
visón de mar
visón europeo
Scope note: Carnívoros de los géneros Mustela y Neovison de la familia MUSTELIDAE. El visón europeo tiene los labios superior e inferior blancos, mientras que el visón americano carece de labio superior blanco.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vison
Descriptor French: Visons
Entry term(s): American Mink
European Mink
Mink, American
Mink, European
Mink, Sea
Minks
Minks, Sea
Mustela lutreola
Mustela macrodon
Mustela vison
Neovison vison
Sea Mink
Sea Minks
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.250.575.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008907
Scope note: Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Carnivora (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
DeCS ID: 9096
Unique ID: D008907
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Mink - Preferred
Concept UI M0013905
Scope note Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.
Preferred term Mink
Entry term(s) Minks
Mustela macrodon - Narrower
Concept UI M0013908
Scope note Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.
Scope note Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.
Preferred term Mustela macrodon
Entry term(s) Mink, Sea
Minks, Sea
Sea Mink
Sea Minks
American Mink - Narrower
Concept UI M0013906
Scope note Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.
Scope note Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.
Preferred term American Mink
Entry term(s) Mink, American
Mustela vison
Neovison vison
Mustela lutreola - Narrower
Concept UI M0013907
Scope note Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.
Scope note Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.
Preferred term Mustela lutreola
Entry term(s) European Mink
Mink, European



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